(CIjc 2cffcrsoniffn,
' THURSDAY, OCTOBER 27, 1864.
NATIONAL UNION NOMINATIONS.
FOR PRESIDENT,
assabam immm,
OF ILLINOIS.
FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
ANDREW
OF TENNESSEE.
Union Electoral Ticket.
SENATORIAL ELECTORS.
MORTON" M'MICHAEL, of Philadelphia,
THOMAS CUNNINGHAM, of Beaver.
REPRESENTATIVE ELECTORS.
1 Robert P. King, ;13 Elias W. Hall,
2 G. Morrison Coates.:14 C. II. Shriner,
3 Henry Btmim, jloJohn Wistcr,
4 William H. Kern. 10D. Al'Qpnaughy, .
SBartin H. Jcnks, 17 David W. Woods,
G Charles M. Runk, '18 Isaac Benson,
7 Robert Parke, .19 John Patton,
8 Aaron Mull, ;.v'U Samuel 15. uick,
9 John A. Hiestand, 21 Everard Biercr,
10 Richard II. Coryell, 22 John P. Penney,
11 Edward Haliday, 23EbenezerM'Junkin
112 Charles F. Reed, 24 J. W. Blanchard,
Bally Union Men.
The Mom. John Brisbia.
ALWAYS A DEMOCRAT,
Will speak for the Union, at the Court
House, in Stroudsburg, on Wednesday
Evening, Nov. 2ud.
THE 1102s. W. W.-KETCJIEM,
of Luzerne County, will also be present
and address the meeting.
Let there be a grand turn out of all
who love their country to hear these Elo
quent champions of the Union.
WILLIAM DAVIS, Esq., will speak
ior the Union at Columbia Station, on
Friday Evening. Oct. 2Sth.
At JEROME SHAW'S, in Hamilton
township, on Saturday Erening, October
29th, and at
PARADISE on Monday Evening,
October olst. We hope that the friends
of the cause, and all who are desirous of
hearing the truth ably expounded, iu the
several localities uauied will be present.
Still for Sale.
The advertisement of Mr. Charles
s?h cmaker, is still continued in our pa
per. Persons in want. of a good farm
should read it. It is seldom that so good
a proiKirty is offered for said.
A Bouser.
Wc arc indebted to our friend Charles
Shoemaker, Esq., of Middle Smithfield
township, for a fine 20 pound turkey.
Charley is one of the old fashioned Dem
ocrat:, now so scarce in this region, who
know how to take care of the printer,
and vote for the Union. Our feast upon
the gift will be seasoned with many a de
vout blessing on the head of the gener
ous douor.
Bad for Them.
Wc see that the Copperheads have
commenced their annual complaint over
the removal of their partizans from the
Government Navy Yards, Arsenals, &c.
Jn view of the fact that the democratic
p!tty, to which these howlers belong,
jjeviir retained a man in office or Gov
ernment employ a day after it was dis
covered that his political predilections
were against it, we do not see that they
would have any cause of complaint even
if the charge was true. Years ago that
party adopted the maxim "to the victors
belong the spoils," and set the example
of wholesale ousting for political opinion's
sake. Rut unfortunately, for the Union
men, the charge is not true. All over the
country, in the Navy Yards, and out of
them, thousands of men are retaiued in
Government employ, who are most bitter
in their opposition to it, and a portion of
whose salaries are now employed in an
effort to, -betray thccouutry- into the
hands of the xebels, through the defeat
of Lincoln & John6on. This is true eve
ry word of it; and the Copperheads in
stead of mourning over the fate of a rnau
or two discharged for notorious incompe
tency, should rejoice that Uncle Abra
ham, in the goodness of his heart sees fit
to retain so many of their political adhe
rents in power. If there is any cause of
complaint it is really with the Union men,
who, by the retention of their opponents
in positions under the Government, are
compelled to battle with both outward
and inward foes, and to pay the latter for
the privilege at that.
GO"Strike for your right6 !" squealed a
McCJellan orater in Newark, mildly ar
gumentative against the lawfulness of the
draft, andtenderly objective to the contimu-
ance of the war.
A soldier on a. pair of Sanitary crutches:
"If you was not both a coward and a traitor,
you would be at the front striking at the
Rebellion. That's the only kind of striking;
that ought to be done nowadays;"
Go to iihe Odd
FellpwsL Hall. if
vou want a good Oyster Stc
A show of Spunk.
The individual Squire of the Monroe
Democrat overcame the editorial Squire
so iar, last, weeit, as to nuugu i
shoulder atrBurr's treasonable speech made
in JUiddle Sinithfield some two weeks ago.
The individual Squire was better pleased
with some other speeches made on the oc
casion, than he 'was with that of the ex
Rev. Copperhead, and he said so. Wc
rejoice over this show of spunk by the in
dividual portion of our neighbor, and
because of its rarity, think it should be
tirrsfirvp.d for n nntn in .historv. as one of
i
the remarkable events of the day. It is
not often that that we have such terriffic
displays of the little Indian butting the
bigone the individual Squire knocking
the editorial Squire clear out of balance.
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Tickets.
We would urge the friends of the
Union, all over the county, to be sure
and see that there are plenty of Tickets
at each poll. Every voter should be got
out, and each voter should have the pri
vilege of sclcctiug the proper ticket. As
the opposition, at the last two elections
were so unscrupulous, at some ot the
polls, as to destroy all the Union tickets
they could lay their hands on, it behoves
us to be prepared to head off such dis
reputable efforts in the future. We now
have the Union electoral ticket priutcd
by thousands, and ask the friends of the
cood cause to call and get them. We
shall as usual send to each township by
mail, but when friends come in from the
country they may as well call and get a
lot, to make sure.
Worried about it.
The Democratic leaders hereabouts arc
considerablv worried about the result of
the election in this Couuty on the Sth ol
XT 1 It .11. 1
i.ovcuiDcr next. j?or me last six weeks
they have been wearying themselves out
with raising hickory poles, spucing out
Copperhead speeches, and stuffing them
selves with bad whiskey, as though heav
en aud earth had uuited iu a conspiracy
to deprive them of the privilege of rejoi
cing over a tremendous majority in "the
banner county." Now, if it will be any
consolation to them, we will assure these
gentlemen, on honor, that we do not ex
pect to carry the county for houcst Old
Abe and Andy. Tha bulk of our people
are too anxious to resist the draft, to jump
bounties, and otherwise minister to rebel
success for that. Take comfort there
fore, gentlemen. Rest yourselves and
practice more in the use of cold water,
or you will never be able to bear up un
der the greeting of condemnation, which
Pennsylvania, and every other loyal State
is preparing to send you in November.
You can cany Mouroe County. Wc per
mit you to do that; but you must build
no hopes for anything else,
P. S. Since the above was in type, we
learn that the Editorial Squire of the
Monroe Democrat, aud another promi
nent orator, looking very woe begone and
very much ashamed of themselves, slip
ped out of town, through one of the back
streets yesterday afternoon, on a Mission
ary expedition to Dutotsburg. Now wc
protest there is no use for this trip,
Smithfield being generally counted 0. K.
Will not some of the stay-at-home gentry
vf the party sec to it that this wear and
tear of eloquence i stopped?
o-
Hard on them.
The victories gained by Phil. Shcrri
dan over Early, the commander of the
rebel forces, in the Shenandoah Yallev,
please neither the rebels, nor their Nor-
.1. .1 rnt t
wiuru sympaiiusers. xnc reus are so
grum over it that they have not a word
to say; while their friends north, effect
to believe that the whole thing is an "ab
olition trick," and persist that Shcrridau
has not gained a victory at all. The des
patches emanating from the War Depart
ment, say they, arc gotten up at Wash
ington for the mere purpose of opera
ting upon the election. Iloldon boys.
We know the truth is hard on you ; but
by far the hardest truth is yet to come
The blow you are sure to receive on thi
8th of November, will hurt you so badly
that you will not be able to find your
selves for months to come. What a sad
commentary it is upon a party; that its
followers cannot rejoice over a victory for
the preservation of the country, aud that
its leaders, to make political capital, are
compelled to disparage the brilliant deeds
of our armies iu the field. Such a party
richly merrits the threshing iu store for
it. Who, who truly loves his country,
can vote for it 1
Democracy of tho Olden Times.
Free thought, Free Press, Free Speech,
Free exercise of the riijht of Free Suf
frage, and Free men.
Democracy of the Present Time.
Washington, Sept. 24, 1864.
My Dear Friend Sueldon.
As it is a serious time concerning poli
tics and our Liberty is at stake, we de
mand of you as a citizen of Pike County
to change your politics and vote the Dem
ocratic ticket for George B. McClellan
if not, expect to Sod a. box at your door
next morning to contain your black re
mains. Yours- with respect,
Abbahah Wiffet.
WKere can' I get'eood class of
Ale? Why at White & Schoch's,' R.1
loon, under the Odd Fellows' Hall.
Democratic Lying.
It is now about time, the eve of- an
important election to look out or whole
sale Democratic lying. That party hav
ing long since aluffed off principle, and
betaken itself to- a scramble for plunder,
will not balk at anything to accomplish
its object. We would, therefore say to
the Union men everywhere, bo on the
lookout for all kinds of subterfuge, for
the Democracy are terribly in earnest,
and will leave no stone unturned to se
cure the victory of the campaign for
themselves In 'nominating McClellan,
that party swallowed everything which
it had denounced as obnoxious in the
Administration of Mr. Lincoln. Arbi
trary arrests, the suppression of free
speech and a free press, the draft, and
even the freeing of the nigger, were all
taken in that dose swallowed at Chicago ;
and having no real stock iu trade, they
are literally compelled to deal in an imagi
nary one. With no capital iu truth, they
arc as a matter of course driven to false
hood as a meaus of drawing the people to
their support.
Foremost among the efforts of the
Democracy iu this way, stand, most prom
inent, the mean, contemptible lies which
go to disparage the brilliant deeds of our
soldiers in the field. Since the day of
McClellan's removal they have been pleas
ed to contend that we were no where re
ally successful that our battlefields have
been mere slaughter houses, and that
what have been claimed as victories for
the Union arms have been barren of per
ceptible results. They have been com
pelled to acknowledge that the rebs have
been backed from pillar to post that we
have recovered and hold a large portion
of the territory claimed as belouging to
the Confederate States, and that the ana
conda of war is really closing around its
rebel victim : but all this they attribute
to the superior strategy of the rebel com
mandcrs, and pretend to be really watching
for the arrival of the precise time when
"Lee will have us just where he wants
us," and deliberately proceed to swallow
us. McClellan's commandcrship, under
which months were wasted iu tinsell pa
rade, and glittering show, and other
months iu the swamps of Virginia deci
mated our armies by tens of thousands,
they affect to look upon as the very achnie
of military brilliancy. He spcut some
eighteen months in front of Washington,
and a number more in marching and
countermarching the Chickahominy, and
fiually returned to the point he started
from with the finest army the world ever
saw nearly annihilated ; yet, according
to these Savans, his was the policy to
crush the rebellion and bring us peace.
Grant's commandership, under which so
much had already beeu accomplished,
and which promises to accomplish so much
more, is so repugnant to them they can
hardly find words sufficiently strong for
its condemnation. Though he marched
triumphantly over a road which little Mac
had pronounced impracticable, and whip
ped the rebels in every battle offered him
yet his march is denounced as but th
building of an interminable graveyard, and
the good he has done is measured only
by the wails of the widows and the or
phans necessarily caused by it. And c
ven now, as he stands before Richmond
holding Lee and his coherts in a siege o
terror, he has but the reproach of the
Democracy for his temerity, and their
earnest prayers for his defeat.
And so too of Sherman, before Atlanta
According to the World the Age and al
the lesser lights of Democracy, that was
sure to be a failure. And yet Sherman
mnrched on day after day, and gained
victory after victory, until at last, in
space of time almost unprecedented in
military history for its shortness, Atlanta
beeame ours. 33ut according to Democ
racy, there was,no victory there. Though
we earned everything before us, and
drove thercbclsfrom their strongest hold,
we were w tupped, mo3t badly whipped.
Aud why? Merely because it was only
out of Union defeat that they could ex
pect to make Democratic political capita
aud reap Democratic victory at the polls
And Shcrridan, in the Shenandoah
Valley. He too, according to Democrat
ic oracle, was to be defeated. lie was no
match, said Democracy, for the wiley
Early, and would soon be sent kiting to
the fastnesses at Washington. But Sher-
ridau didn't so see it. He set about ex
amining the ground about him, and ma
King sucn improvements as experience
dictated were necessary, and when every
thing was in readiness he "sent Early
whirling through. Winchester, toward
Dixie, in a manner that showed but two
plainly for the comfort of Wood-Valland-
igbain Democracy that he knew but one
speech, and that that speech was for the
Union. Ihnce has he repeated the dotej
and tuc prospects are that he will contin
, .i . - . ... . '
ue to repeat it until" the last rebel has
died in the last ditch of that portion
of the so-called Confederacy And
how was Sherridau's work received
by the Democracy ? With rejoicings ?
Far from it. With doubts and denials.
only have that party ever received a vic
tory for the Union cause. Not only has
Democracy denied the correctness of the
Union accounts of the-battles in the Val
ley, but it has gone ao far as to, by means
of extracts-from glorifying articles pub
lished in the Richmond papers, make out
a case against the government, and then
chancre the War Denartmenfc with falsify.
J' 3 - i " J
ioff the official accounts for th Tmrnnsi
- - -rWMV
of operating on he election. Poor devils,
they roll' knpjv. that modern democracy I
cannot live amid the glory of Union suc
cess : and henco they, are 'compelled to
resort to the disreputable trick above set
forth. ' I .
Reader we have thus intimated the
kind of lying our opponents will resort to.
Be prepared for them. T v
Campaign Documents.
We have on hand a supply of tolling
campaign documents which should be in
the hands of the people. So far as we
have beeu able we have circulated them
freely, and wc have reason to believe, with
orood effect. But we cannot reach every
body ; and therefore ask the friends of
the Uniou to assist us in the work. T hey
are to be had for the mere asking, and
we hope, therefore, that they will not be
permitted to lie idle on our 'table. "The
invitation to come and get them is cordi
ally extended to men of all parties. The
principles of the Union party will bear
the closest scrutiny ; and we would ask
our opponents, particularly, to read for
themselves the doctrines which we hold,
aud upon which we practice.
Eeduced in Price.
Coal which early in the fall was sold
here at 6 aud $6.50 per ton has been
reduced to $4.50 and 5, a fall of $1.50
per ton on all sizes.
We clip the above from the Wayne
County Herald, a paper published at
ITonesdale. Pa. A favored people are
those same Ilonesdalers, to live within
the range of a Corporation which has some
soul. Coal at 4.50 and $5 per ton, a fall
of 81.50 ncr ton on all sizes! It almost
makes one wonder. Here we pay from
$7.50 to $8 per ton by the car load,
and $8 to $8.50 by the single ton; aud
are thus taxed too, by a Corporation which
has made more money than any other
company in the coal business, for the
time it has been in operation. Will not
the Del. Lack. & Western Rail Road
company have some compassion on us, and
treat us as near as may be, like the Del. &
Hudson Company treats those dependent
upon it for fuel. We know they can wel
afford to be just; but will the' ?
-A Contrast"
Napoleon was wont to admire a painting
of Caius Marius amid the ruiiiB of Carthage,
and ragarded the Roman as the greatest cap
tam of his age. If the spirit ot the great
emperor could have viewed the stearn reality
of the dimunitive Mac, directing battles from
the deck of a gunboat, it assuredly would
have eriven a manifestation of astonishment
at our modern improvement in generalship
07-"Two years of war," said Henry
Ward Beecher on Sunday night, "and wc
have conquered half the Rebel territory,
hold the keys of the whole, and have nearly
destroyed the militarv strength of the Re
bellion in the field. All this in two years
of war.:' "Four years you mean," said a by
standcr. "No," responded Mr. Beecher.
"I said two years of war. In the first two,
McClellan was in command !"-
Gen. Hooker on the Election
Gen. Hooker got captured by a crowd
in Springfield. I!1,., last Friday, and was
carrif'i to the Representatives' Hall and
made to speak. In the course ot his pa
trtotic and soldierly talk he said :
I think that all the battles we will have
to fight arc already fought. Tremend
ous cheers-j The election early nex
month will pass off quietly, and it wil
pass off successfully. Renewed cheers
I he victory at the uallot-box will be in
support of the honor of the nation.. Ap
plause.J That viudicatiou will be far be
yond what the most sanguine who arc here
anticipate It will be more thau a Wa
tcrloo defeat to those who arc arrayed a
gainst our country. Long continued
applause. It will be almost a death blow;
it will be a stasering blow to the Rebels
that we have been fihtinE: in the war
in which your brothers and sons have been
engaged for the last three years and
half ; it will be a withering blow to them
and it will be worse to the Copperheads.
rTremcndous cheers. I would not for
the world say anything to excite hopes
that may not be realized ; but I will say
this, that it. is the opinion of those who
have a much better opportunity of know
ing than I have, that iu the next electiou
we will achieve the greatest victory that
has been won from the beginuing of this
Rebellion to the present time. It wil
be a two-edged sword, cutting both ways,
North and South. Cheers. I state this
confidently, believing from those who
have much better opportunities of know
ing tlian I have, that every single State
in this Union will cast its vote for Abra
ham Lincoln. Loud applause and cries
of "That's so."
The Copperheads are howling over the
of Tennesseeans who want to vote for
Jeffi Davis s Chicago candidates for the
Presidency of the United States, but who
have got to take Andy Johnson s extra
iron -clad. oath as the price of the privilege.
Why, these beauties declared at Chicajro
thatlennesse was out of the Union
They excluded her delegates from their
Convention and they thrcatoned, in one
of their resolutions of their Platform,
that if the vote of Tennessee was counted
in the Electoral College, it would be "held
as revolutionary" and forcibly resisted !
Models ot mendacity, they will next howl
over the refusal of the Administration to
et Price s out-throats control the election
in Missouri. Tribune.
Lucky. A conscrip- of this county pre-
senled eight substitues during the session of
the .Enrollment Board in this place, all-of
whom were rejected. To some of the men
lie agreed to pay as high as a thousand dol,
lars, in case of acceptance. Finallv iri des.
pair, he presented himself, and as good, luck'
would have it, the Board reiected him-aJsb-
Wayne Co. Herald. - '
SHE WAR M MISSOURI
A SEVERE BATTLE.-
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: .rnTTn
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THEY ARB IN FULL RETREAT;
OUE CAVAIRY AFTER THEM.
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The War in Missouri.
St. Louis, Oct. 23, 1S64
A dispatch from Gen. Curtis, dated
Kansas.City, at U o'clock last nignc, says:
I have been pressed all day, and tliis
afternoon the enemy passed around ' my
- - v. . v. - t ... i i i,p
flank, when 1 gave him heavy oiows iyi
several hours. I have heard hnng in the
East, and iust rccided a ni esse nger from
Gen. Pleasanton who is -fighting on the
other side.
Leavenworth papers of the 20th furn
ish the following:
Gen. Blunt, with 2,000 cavalry tind
four howitzers, entered Lexington on
Tuesdav. On Wednesday Price attacked
him with an overwhelming force, and af
ter a sharp fi'ht drove him from the city.
Blunt fell back to the Little Blue -Biver,
fitihtiuir desperately aud retarding the ad
vance of the enemy. On Thursday aud
Friday skirmishing continued between
the Little and Uig JJluc.
Yesterday something of an engagement
.t
seems to have occurred between the main
force of Price and Curtis, but the locality
of the battle is not known or has anything
been received at headquarter here since
(lurtis'a disnatch of last night. Blunt
lost about 50. men in the fight of Wed
nesday.
Gnu. Pleasanton is believed to be co
operating with Curtis and Rosecrans, and
A. J. Smith is near by.
Kansas City, Mo., Oct. 22, 1S64
The fight yesterday between the Little
Blue River and Independence, was a very
gallant affair. We fought Price's entire
armv five hours. McLean's Colorado
Battery silenced the Rebel guns.
Col. Hoyt made a gallant sabre charge
with a battallion of the 15th Kansas.
The 2d Colorado lost sixty killed and
wounded. Among the former is Major
Smith, commanding the Regiment. Our
total loss was over 400.
Wc evacuated Independence, falling
back on the Big Blue. The militia have
arrived. This morning wc hold the line
of the Big Blue. General Curtis, Blunt
and Docatler were on the ground.
About 10 o'clock this morning Cel.
Jennisou, with the 15th Kansas and sev
eral guns, was attacked at Byron Ford by
a heavy column of the enemy. At about
2 o'clock in the afternoon the Rebels
forced the ford, Jennison falling back to
ward Crestport and the State line.
Col. Moonlight went to his assistance.
Both commands got separated from the
main force. A portion of the Kansas
militia fought near Picknow's "Mills, but
were compelled to retreat, and falling
back to Shawneetown, the main body-dl
the militia marched to Kansas City,
where their headquarters are now.
They occupy entrenchments Mud arcji
good spirits.
Cols. Jennisoc Moonlight and Major
uau. wkti Uen. Lurtis s bodyguard
fought the enemy until after dark, driv
ing them fuur miles over an open prairie
Our loss was inconsiderable, that of the
Rebels more than 400. We captured
150 stand of arms, and took prisoner the
Rebel Capt. Van alkenburg, brother o
the New-lork Congressman.
Jennison and Moonlight arc at th
State line. Price is at Wagon Farm
moving rapidly in throe columns at sun
down.
A message has been received from
ben. Plcasauton stating that nc was.pre.ss
ing Price with twenty thousand men, he
had fought them on the held ol yester
day, drove them from Independence, and
was pursuing them sharply. Price is head
ing for Kansas, and may cross the State
line on his retreat. We move iu Olathe
soon.
Our rear had a sharp skirmish with the
Rebels at the Big Blue this evening, cap
turing 14 and killing 1.
Kansas, City, Oct. 23, 1864
A general battle has been fought and a
yietory won. Price s whole army is re
ported to be retreating rapidly South.
Our cavalry is iu hot pursuit, altogether
with Plcasauton s force numbering l,o00
men only.
The enemy may strike for Fort Scott.
but will be too closely followed to do muol
damage. Pleasanton closed vestcrdav's
battles at Independence by capturing a
large number ot prisoners and three pic
ccs of artillery. This morning our line
was formed five miles South of Kansas
City, on tho West Point Road.
Skirmishing continued several hours,
when tho whole force advanced and heavy
fighting ensued. The enemy rapidly fell
baek and lornieu a new line a mile and u
half from the first position. An artille
ry engagement succeeded, our infantry
meanwhile slowly advancing. Fighting
was kept up for ten miles from this point,
the enemy gradually falling back.
Pleasanton then came ni on our left
and a grand charge followed, resulting in
the total route of the cuemy.
When our informant lelt the front our
whole cavalry was iu. vigorous rpursuit,
the infantry-following them.
uen. Lluut had command of the vol
unteer force on the left, and Gen. Det-
sclcr that in the center, composed of ipi-
ltia, who behaved gallantly.
The 2d Colorado Volunteers. Colonel
Ford, in the thickest of the fight, made
several brilliant charges.
Gen. Detseler, Gov. Kcarnev,and Gen.
Curtis were constantly with the advance.
uur loss was not heavv : that ot the
Rebels from ilie number of dead and
wounded left' on the field, must havedieeu
very great.
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Guerrilla; Operations.'
i Louisyijle, Oct. 23,,1864.
A freight train of thirteen, box-ears- of
army supplies was thrown off the; track
on the Nashville Eailroad near Wood
burri, :by guerrillas belonging to tho Reb
. JThe cars and Jreight were ourned, and
the 'Railroad obstructed thereby during
yesterday.
PROM SHERIDAN'S ARMY.
Complete Rout of the Enemy TlfirReV
el Army Stuttered in Confusion
Trophies of Victory Ten Battle flag
and Forty-three Guns Three itn
(7m? Wagons captured and Destroyed;
War Dept., Washington, Oct. 22, 1864.
To Maj.-Gen. Dix. The following offit
ciaLdispatch has been receivetLfrom.Gen.
bhcridaip . , ? . : , ..H
Cedar Creek, Va. Oct. 21, 1864. ,
Lieut. -Gen U. S. Grant, City Point, Vdf
I pursued the routed force of the ene
my nearly to Mount Jackson, which point
he reached during the nights of the10fcB
and 20th, without an organized regitneat
of his army. From the accounts of our
prisoners who have escaped, and citizens,
the route was complete. About' two
thousaud of.th.e enemy broke, andmadp
their way down through the mountain!
on the left.
Fourteen miles on the line of retreafr
the road and country wero covered with1
small arms and other debris, thrown awaj
by the flying Rebels. Forty eight pierei
of captured artillery arc now at my head
quarters. I think that no less than thro
hundred wagons and ambulances were
either captured or destroyed- The acci
dent of the morning turned to our advan
tage as much as though the whole move
ment had beeu plauned. The only re
gret I have is the capture in early morn
ing of from 800 to 1,000 men.
I am now sending to the War Depart
ment ten battle flags. The loss of 'artil
lery in the morning was seven from
Crook, eleven from Emory, six, from
Wright. From all that I can learn, I
think that Early's re-iuforcemeuts were
not less than 16,000 men.
P. II Sheridan, Maj.-Gcn. Com'g.
Gen. Stevenson reports the arrival at
Martinsburg of 1,500 wounded, and 1,
500 prisoner.. Gen. Custer arrived this
afternoon at Washington, with ten Rrbol
battle-flags, displayed Irom the railroad
engines.
E. M. STANTON.
Excitement at Memphis Dick Taylor
near with a Rebel Force Forrest
Reported al "Bolivar.
Cairo, 111., Oct' 22, 1864.
The Mrmphh Bulletin of the PJth
lnat., says :
"The excitement has sprung out here
anew, and the militia arc again called
out, in consequence of a large Rebel
force, under Dick Taylor, being pear the
city with the avowed intention of taking
it."
Forrest is reported to have passed up
to Bolivar tfith a strong force.
Cairo, Oct. 22, 1864.
Memphis dates of the 20th slate that
quiet has been restored iu that city.
. THE RAID IfrEG VF.RK0KT,
Capture of Twelve of the Invaders let
ter from One of the Party He Claims
British Protection.
Montreal, Oct. 22, 1S64.
Twelve of the St. Albaus. Vt, raiders
have been captured in Canada, one of
whom, now in jail at St. Johns, has'Ois
closed the entire plot. lie states that
the raid was conducted by a Captain in
the Confederate service .commissioned for
thst purpose.
There were twenty-three perswjs con
cerned, and the amount stolen from tho
banks were $223,000".
The Governor of Vermont has conunis
sioned able counsel, who wlll'take ouftlie
necessary extradition papers for thoso
captured and forward them to St; Johns.
LATKIl. ' '
The fellcwing is from the last edition
of The Evening Telegraph.
Fears are entertained from the'aympa
thy shown at St. Johns for thcStjAl
bans raiders that attempts will be made
to rescue them. w .
Capt. Desrivier's troop of voluutcer
cavalry has been called out and is now
on duty guarding the jail.
Hon. J. J. Abbott has been retained,
with Mr. Laflnmmc, for the accused,
aud wo understand that the retainers
have eugaged Hon. J. II. Cameron' a
consulting counsel.
Mr. Dcv'.iu has been retained byJhe
Federal authorities.
We have just received the following
letter from Lieut. Beunett Ybunr. com
manding the party of raiders on St.'M-
bans: " - r
Freleighsburgh, C. E., Oct. 21. 1$64!
To the Editor of The Eve'g. Tclrgrapt:
Through tho co'umus of your iournal.
I wish to make some statements to life
people of Canada, regarding the recent
operations in Vermont. I went therefor
the purpose of burning the town and sur
rounding villages, iu rntnli ntinn fur tb
recent outrages committed in the Shenan-
dgah Valley, aud elsewhere in the Con-
iederate btates.
I am a commissioned officer of the Pro
visional Army of the Confederate Stales..
and have violated no laws of Canada.
I do not want my name coupled with
tho epithets now applied withoutaikaowl-
edge on the part of the people 'of.Capada
as to who we are and what caused ouxac-'
tion.
I wish, also, to make a few statements'
as to how myself and party were taken.
was seized on Canada sou by Amer-'
ican citizens with arms in their hands.-
aud violently searched. My pocket-book
waa latum irom ine and 1 was started to
ward the United States. I reached out
my hands and caught tha roins of ,my
horse, when three pistols were- leveled at
iny head, with threats to shoot the!d n"
scouddreljjidead if ho moved.
Some Canadian oitizons then spoKeJiipV
and the Amerioansy seeing nhebliiliff,
started with me toward Him1, two of them
holding arras in their hands.
These statements can bo proTcdtefby1
Canadian citizens.